Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-17
THE
TIE
GREAT BANK ROBBERY.
A Romance OF the METROPOLIS Founded
: Upon Notes From The Diary
Of Inspector BYnss'
.p, 5ufskS HAWTHORNE, AUTHOR OF
"GARTH," Etc, ETC.
Copyrighted l-s1. jg Q. NJ. DCnn@A' an
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CHAPTER y.

More than six additional weeks hao
rome bv, and stiI not silg!e arrest hau
hen made in connection with the great
Manhattan Bank robbery.
Tng newspapers rad grown tiTeo OF re-
oar.ing no progress, and had mostly
ceased to refer 10 the subject oucn u
mo n1,,lfc Is had maintained their Inter
ct n the event had fallen into 2 skep!lcal
ana cvafcaI mood. Meanwhile the Man,
bsttan Bank Itself mad been suffering most
I ear;ous Inconvenience. Their c0heIS
v-ere almost empty, and though ouI
. comparatIyeiy small part OF the losS We
in directly negotiable lore, SIN Gn lt!t
gor,. Arrangement could be maoe aoOu-
t9e nan negotiable securities lAey WEI" eIc
,,r7ct.czuv little better CT Lheh IL 'Ne
whole haG been IL currency.
In regardtO their settlement VIZ uo
nositors they nera Obliged 20 ave. 49, m
sarvas Of the sixty day claim TO WHICH Ine
5o-r entitled them; and during this inter
.,.y ,,,au made every effort to secure the
,,ossage Of g bill through Congress GulAoi-
ilin,r The issue Of duplicates Of me SVo-eh
han3s The depositors were impatient
and suspicious, and report, emSnaVins
nome knew whence, gained currency ~
ONO opartcrs that the bank directors haU
o,on4.t ueco.iatiOps with the thleVes'
,,bich NEGOTIATIONS, OF course, YOU'D IT,
srI+ m tine loss Of from 10 to 90 per cent
~ .,a yglue of the deposits. The direct
Crs when questioned as to the truth ..
tho minors. denied them absolutely; Du
Terv little is gained by denying anyInlnE
waich the inquiring party mas pTo'lou9N
rnsda m his mind TO Oe!leNe.
0nr Old friend, Mr.. John D. Crazy
~ since the occurrence OF the ROBBERY
N sucb embarrassing proximity 10 III
ovgu yfrfuoCs abode, had been puisuih
~. srYpss routine Of his dal sLH!i
Win undistuTbed equanjmity. II once
Tbile he happened to run across II
-npc+or Byrnes, in the course g u
nlcturnal peregriDations, ne Wou!o 5le'
MIN with friendly words ana inquire ~
L.in5Iy interest whether ne were LOU
preparcd 20 draw TIE net Oh Vn [,. -
victim. He was inclined 10 oouol, :
said, whether the ROBBERY c2uIu NJ
heen committed by an orUlhsIy VI p,
fa,sioraI rang CT burglars; Tor althout
certain Of the indications "eI1 - -
snpr,s+ such an idea, yet there We
= then which pointed 10 mucn mo
~ layatl1 and less commOnpIec@ ulIeG''0
II, ebo~f Mir. Grads WIS u OPINION :
5are a.. ,ark his voice to . mEs-eIIu
--b+zner-thal il might prove "o,
~, rr-rectaT's while 10 make gu
saorchi1gr investigation into Inc ma
c.sI condition of certain Of the Cih9erS
80 bark as tIey were immediately ocI'
erd immediately after the OnrSSIy'
result MT. Grady felt assured Tue
snacta. would light upon information j. .
r,i,bt ha of the last Importance. 81"
~ 80 mem other poor fellows t1at you III
- - in vour eve" ne added, v
gGsj -.ir,,.n,r frankness, ''wel you know,
,o1r+9r, | don't pretend for to say
+Ea,o,s not friends OF my own alno1
.-.- ,an Bless you, they tell me III
r.rs- +ncughts Of their hearts anu
, Joss makes me particularly sure inst non
----. .bam bows had 10 DO WIN thiS To-
%. .ia snpotor. IS lust thst, il they hau' Va
uG j.. h,ya come 10 me with the wnole 81
--a1L pu+ not q word did ever heaf from
NJ, NJ ii ,cm. and YOU may say what you
,-sge IN never believe Inst Lney huo" LAC
l- .~- hing ABOUT it" -,
Chs uWeu. you may be right, Crazy
5f-cs. Inspector replied with an aiI u 80
..-sr+ dos mighty little I can ind
- abanf If. sny way. OF course, you u
800 as AN officer, I'm obliged TO
g. ~ snneargnces; but we can't co
+,cut evidence, and il there no
sp1ce there'l be no cOnylCuon'
cmuly win This the two gentleman pace
and other good night aud parted.
c,,,r- i was few DAYS after this cohS
+ilr nat handsomely dressed lady,
= IsrCe dark eyes and pale put oeaut
rnnnIdrJ face, crossed the Hudson Q
b she CoTrtIondt street ferry, and, pa
s IL z ,brouoh the waiting-room, WheIS
,Yn q f-,,,o,Ef q ngper.COvered novel, tool
49, soof in the drswing-roOm car
aI6gue. yI-oebircton express. The CHAIR
rest. -,,o3ie..Iv in front Of her being V:
,,nlF5.g ~, nlsced her travelling bag, glove
ssfSJIe -nelslin Jacket upon IL, and nad
3 1i- 5,orsaIf COR the undiSturOed perus
~ gss, hsr aook, when, just IS the trs1h 8
Ma ster.sl -sss eeble-looking gentleman "
bsns tlirty-hve years OF age eulsi'
caT and advanced in her dlTectlon,
ALtA fthe numbers of the chairs as ne ACS
4Uhen ne arrived st the chair WAIC
IEE.L3 her things upon it be paused aLu
- n hesitate while an expression VI
n gsr rs rs oetic embarrassment oWelC uP.
sriaf2ding Ecauasseus and gooo-nu'no-e"
'EnElis4, na1ceS .-,,as
5. send She looked up with some traces
q IflN1', r,oyoncp: but when she saw how
up16;ectionable her involuntary III
seemed TO 20, her brow cleared
Gy E: s.: 81: !: 81: 5: : :: !. n... s
So nrm very sorry. was-l W&s J
nv ysy 70 the smoking ccmpaTtl
on on Oh O, me me the other end" ~,
me me- l,s us us ,Tou have lust come out OF tnt
4, ~ favor sag commandments is behind
al in thefshe said with little smile. Nc
..s.s,,;rod insist, please-it is my fault. ST
eiish edu. nv things away whether you si'
y, LEpJ net" 1900
optional 81 wish you wouldn't let me
rr,,n,cntal Won. - he returned in atrouoled &c
est class. Ss6e becan to move her Jacket, SO
: lh2 di down her valise and hung up her
.,., some for her on the hook by the VINO
arncd the Inc travelling Dag OVERT. The q
ii ssh,o's nut in her pocket 49,
PMS - '''' -,or, y he then ssid. 81 Just ca
Monday OF 49, 49, nm nv hat. hope you
nang comfortable, you kno,
pEEIoE. saving he exchanged MS TAI ST.
black silk skull cap, tcoh C la
NT0RY case II q MS tss Ro shs so s3a 1 Pa
sasS. 1np5n it. bowed slightly snU ~ Ie'-t :
- he did not resppear u! =
t,s4s Fbaf within few miles OF PDllaueip.
s ,:sasr 80 ss M came back and sBid; "Do "
! Esa - M sherc?" b % ws
Il e ~ Et' Co. ,.g .nipg 20 sit doIr
'Sro2;' Mass - +orched your caair 5